wishcast
wishcast verb: to interpret information or a situation in a way that casts it as favorable or desired, despite the fact that there is no evidence for such a conclusion.
Verb
wishcast (third-person singular simple present wishcasts, present participle wishcasting, simple past and past participle wishcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) wishcasted)
- To interpret information or a situation in a way that casts it as favorable or desired, despite the fact that there is no evidence for such a conclusion.
- Since then, as [Chief Justice John] Roberts predicted and seemed to wishcast, there have been some signs of a thaw at One First Street NE [the address of the United States Supreme Court Building].2022 December 30, Josh Gerstein, “How Justice Kagan lost her battle as a consensus builder”, in Politico
Forms of wishcast
| third-person singular present | wishcasts |
|---|---|
| present participle | wishcasting |
| past participle | wishcast |
| past | wishcast |
| past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | wishcasted |
| past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | wishcasted |
Origin of wishcast
Back-formation from wishcasting, equivalent to a blend of wish + forecast.
Questions about wishcast
- What does wishcast mean?
- Wishcast means to interpret information or a situation in a way that casts it as favorable or desired, despite the fact that there is no evidence for such a conclusion.
- What part of speech is wishcast?
- Wishcast is a verb.
- What is the past tense of wishcast?
- The past tense of wishcast is wishcast.
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